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U.S. natural gas prices extended a slide that started earlier this month due to forecasts of warmer weather in the near future. In morning trade in Asia today, the futures contract for March shed 7.4% from Friday, falling to just above $3 per million British thermal units, the lowest price …

As a part of the United States’ push to revitalize its aging nuclear energy sector, the Department of Energy is funding a wave of research into recycling used nuclear fuel. This move comes as a part of a broader effort to increase the United States’ energy independence by reducing reliance …

Latin America is attracting greater attention from international investors thanks to its strong renewable energy and critical mineral potential. In recent years, the region’s green energy capacity has steadily grown, while more mineral mining projects are developed, and the electric vehicle (EV) market is beginning to expand. As the United …

India considers boosting the run rates of its gas-fired power plants during evening peak hours to support the grid amid the surge in renewable power generation, India’s Power Secretary Pankaj Agarwal said on Friday. “For the last three years we have been studying whether gas plants can run for eight …

Venezuela’s oil sales, under the control of the United States for five weeks now, are set to bring $5 billion over the next few months, U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright told NBC News in an interview. “Sales today are over a billion dollars, and in fact, we have sort of …

India’s largest private refiner, Reliance Industries, has been authorized by the United States to buy, export, and sell Venezuelan crude oil, Reuters reported on Friday, citing sources with knowledge of the situation. Reliance last month applied with the U.S. Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) for a general license …

Russia plans to send soon oil and oil products to Cuba as part of humanitarian aid, the Russian embassy in Cuba told Russian media on Thursday. Cuba’s worsening economic and humanitarian situation has gone from bad to worse in recent weeks as the U.S., which now controls Venezuela’s oil sales, …

A tanker carrying liquefied gas is sailing to Europe from China in a rare move that was last made four years ago. The Seapeak Glasgow loaded the liquefied gas at the Zhejiang Ningbo terminal, Bloomberg reported, citing tanker-tracking data, and is signaling Europe as its next destination. European LNG imports …

Hundreds of business executives from European companies have demanded that the European Union authorities take steps to lower energy prices, warning that failure to act would cause an investment outflow and further harm European companies’ competitiveness. “EU electricity prices in Europe still remain higher inside Europe than in competing countries. …

Venezuela’s crude oil production could increase dramatically as soon as this year, U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright said during his visit in the South American country. “This year, we can drive a dramatic increase in Venezuelan oil production, in Venezuelan natural gas production and Venezuelan electricity production,” Wright said, as …